Expeditions books

The astounding saga of an American sea captain and the New Guinean nobleman who became his stunned captive, then...  Read More >>

From the moment Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. first left Anarctica, he knew he would return. Both the scope of the...  Read More >>

"American hero and explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. tells the story of his first journey through Antarctica...  Read More >>

As the culminating volume of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr.'s renowned expeditions, this is the autobiography of a...  Read More >>

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Skyward is as much the memoir of great American explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. as it is a fascinating narrative...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive biography in a generation of the great explorer  Read More >>

On an epic 3,000-mile journey through the most pristine backcountry of the American West, four friends rode horseback...  Read More >>

Learn about the experiences of Burke and Wills as you follow the track of their 1860-61 journey.  Read More >>

In the Autumn of 1854 Dr John Rae of the Hudson's Bay Company astonished the world with the first news of the fate...  Read More >>

William Scoresby (1789-1857) made his first voyage in the whaler Resolution from Whitby to the Greenland Sea, west...  Read More >>

Ernest Shackleton is one of history's great explorers, who became a leading figure in Antarctic discovery. This...  Read More >>

Bob Shepton is an ordained minister in the Church of England in his late 70s, but spends most of his time sailing...  Read More >>

In the tradition of Dava Sobel's Longitude comes this dramatic tale of invention and discovery--an eloquent elegy...  Read More >>

A unique personal journey to India and back in 1972  Read More >>

Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage is a classic of mountaineering literature that has inspired thousands of climbers. In it,...  Read More >>

Laurence Austine Waddell (1854–1938) served in the Indian Medical Service, which took him to Darjeeling, Burma and...  Read More >>

"We live in an age of globalization on every conceivable level, but globalization has a deeper history than politicians...  Read More >>

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Shackleton's Heroes is a genuine treasure of Antarctic history, and an almost unbelievable tale of real heroes who...  Read More >>

Ernest Shackleton sailed to the South Pole as the First World War broke out in Europe, intent on making the first...  Read More >>

On an epic 3,000-mile journey through the most pristine backcountry of the American West, four friends rode horseback...  Read More >>

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In 1910 Roald Amundsen set off from Oslo toward the North Pole but soon received word that two Americans--Frederick...  Read More >>

The story of Australias most famous polar explorer and the giants from the heroic age of polar exploration Scott,...  Read More >>